ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3944, 29 May 1913, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS.

A RAILWAY FATALITY. [PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.] AUCKLAND. May 28. An unidentified man met with a fatal mishap at Avondale railway station at 5.2 G o’clock this evening." At this hour, two trains meet at the station, the inward and outward Kaipara trains. It appears that a middle-aged man boarded the train at Mt. Eden more or less the worse for liquor. On reaching Avondale the Kaipara-bound train takes the outer set of rails, the inner track being reserved for the city bound train. The passengers alighting at Avondale have either to alight on the opposite side to the platform or cross the other train. It appeal's that the deceased chose the latter alternative. He successfully negotiated the steps of the carriages and had reached the station platform when he was seen to lurch and fall between the first and second carriages. When picked up, lifo was extinct. His hat had a strip of paper pasted inside, which is inscribed “H. Gilles.” Later. Deceased was subseq u ’ ent -ly identified as Peter Walker, widower, aged 05, ©f Avondale.